:53:02
That's right.
:53:04
The Nef ud cannot be crossed.
:53:06
I'll cross it if you will.
:53:08
You? It takes more than a compass,
Englishman.
:53:12
The Nef ud is the worst place
God created.
:53:15
I can't answer for the place.
Only for myself.
:53:19
Fifty men?
:53:21
Fifty? Against Aqaba?
:53:24
If 50 men came out of the Nef ud...
:53:26
...they would be 50 men
other men might join.
:53:30
The Howeitat are there, I hear.
:53:33
The Howeitat are brigands.
They'll sell themselves to anyone.
:53:36
-Good fighters, though.
-Good--
:53:39
Yes. There are guns at Aqaba.
:53:42
They face the sea, Sherif Ali,
and cannot be turned around.
:53:46
From the landward side,
there are no guns at Aqaba.
:53:50
With good reason. It cannot be
approached from the landward side.
:53:55
Certainly the Turks don't dream of it.
:54:01
Aqaba's over there.
:54:06
It's only a matter of going.
:54:09
You are mad.
:54:18
And where are you going, lieutenant?
:54:22
With 50 of my men.
:54:25
To work your miracle.
:54:27
Blasphemy is a bad beginning
for such a journey.
:54:31
-Who told you?
-Ali did.
:54:34
Why not you?
:54:37
You are falling back from Yenbo, sir?
:54:40
Yes, I must.
:54:43
But I will spare these to you.
:54:47
Did Ali break confidence to tell me?
:54:51
Sherif Ali owes you his allegiance,
my lord.
:54:56
Yet you did not tell
Colonel Brighton.
:54:58
No.